Scammers target struggling grads and school leavers amid jobs slump July 15, 2025 Young people applying for their first jobs are being confronted a double threat: a shrinking pool of entry level roles, as well as a surge in sophisticated job scams on social media. With graduate job postings down by a third year on year, fraudsters are exploiting the desperation of university graduates and school leavers by [...]
Give business a voice to get back to growth July 15, 2025 The energy, ambition and innovative new ideas we need to turn Britain around is out there, it just needs to make itself heard, says Emma Revell Last year I wrote – on these very pages – that “[o]ne of the biggest hurdles we face as a country is a fundamental misunderstanding between the people who [...]
Pub bosses in joint call for ‘urgent’ tax reform July 14, 2025 Pub bosses have called for urgent reform of the business rates system, arguing that the levy places unfair pressure on hospitality venues at a time of rising costs across the board. Greene King boss Nick Mackenzie said that business rates should be “fundamentally reformed” so that the tax – which applies to all commercial venues [...]
HMRC under pressure as underpaid tax by US firms surges July 14, 2025 The UK’s tax collector is under pressure amid a surge in underpaid tax by US companies. HMRC suspects as much as £8.8bn in tax was underpaid by US companies in the previous tax year, a jump of 57 per cent compared to the previous year, according to figures obtained by accounting firm UHY Hacker Young. [...]
Ferraris can go for Glory aboard Chancheng at Sha Tin finale July 11, 2025 WHILE there will be plenty of prizes on offer to celebrate the final day of the season at Sha Tin in Hong Kong on Sunday, bettors can be forgiven for just praying for a change of fortune before the 11-race programme gets under way at 9.00am. Results at Happy Valley on Wednesday were the proverbial [...]
Pejibaye can Star and be Richards’ end-of-season Hero July 11, 2025 YOU CAN guarantee trainer Jamie Richards will be pleased to see the back of the 2024/25 Hong Kong season. The legendary former New Zealand champion trainer has had a campaign to forget, languishing near the bottom of the trainers’ championship table with just 21 victories, and presently with a depleted stable of gallopers. Maybe a [...]
MPs slam Online Safety Act as ‘not up to scratch’ July 11, 2025 The UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) is failing to protect the public from the spread of harmful misinformation and must be urgently overhauled, MPs have warned in a damning new report. In findings published Tuesday, Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (SITC) said the OSA – which began to take effect earlier this year – [...]
Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s park Open Air Theatre review July 10, 2025 Over the nearly-25 years since the first instalment was published, Noughts & Crosses has become a juggernaut in the world of Young Adult literature. Across six novels, three novellas and a two-series BBC adaptation, Malorie Blackman imagines an alternate history in which colonial powers from Africa conquered the west, subverting global power dynamics. This is [...]
Girl From the North Country review: Lightning doesn’t strike twice July 10, 2025 When Conor McPherson’s Girl From the North Country was first staged in 2017, its combination of foot-tapping Bob Dylan arrangements and depression-era drama made it a critical and popular darling. It returns eight years later with a new cast, at least one new song (added during its run on Broadway) and more of the same [...]
Amex Global Business Travel boss: ‘London must feel safe if we want professionals to keep coming’ July 10, 2025 If London is to remain a top destination for professionals, it needs to feel safe, AMEX Global Business Travel boss Andrew Crawley says.